DeBlasio’s Staten Island Conundrum

Staten Island has long been a Republican stronghold in an otherwise overwhelmingly Democratic political landscape in New York City. And with a conservative Staten Island politician running for mayor against the liberal incumbent Bill de Blasio, that political contrast will be on full display in the coming months. Anna Sanders, the City Hall reporter for the Staten Island Advance, joins the Slant podcast to explain why Staten Islanders disapprove of the mayor, the appeal of Nicole Malliotakis and how voters in the borough feel about Donald Trump’s presidency.